“We’ve had enough seeing conservation people… they all white fellas and they go and tell Yolngu stories. We want to change that and say ‘No this is our country. This is our story. This is me.’”
Marley Djandirri Dalparri (mar-lee jahn-deer-ree dahl-pahr-ree)
Arafura Swamp ranger
IMAGE SOURCE: https://www.countryneedspeople.org.au/arafura_swamp_rangers_join_up | QUOTE SOURCE: Elliana Lawford. “NT Rangers bringing Arnhem land ecosystem back from the brink.” NITV News. 3 Nov 2017.
QUOTE CONTEXT: "I tell my daughter, ‘Keep looking what I’m doing, so if you go out and you do the same thing like me.’”
QUOTE QUESTION: Who keeps your peoples’ stories honest and true?
IMAGE CONTEXT: "I will looking after my land for my grandfather and father. I will follow their footstep, I will forget, [but the knowledge] stays on forever."
IMAGE QUESTION: How does modern technology like the power boat and digital photography impact your people’s efforts to maintain traditional beliefs and practices?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a TV news channel. The photo is from an indigenous partner support group.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What have you learned about partnering with non-indigenous people to spread your message?
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